[MidtownCoog]

$975K gets you into this lovely metal building.

Who in the world designed this? "The General"?



http://realestate.chron.com//Sales/Listing...ReportSection=P

[west20th]

MidtownCoog, on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 @ 3:01pm, said:

$975K gets you into this lovely metal building.

Who in the world designed this? "The General"?

That's a whole lot of ugly. Love the fully concreted front yard.

[sevfiv]

Ehhh...

You can rent it for $8300/month, too:
http://search.har.co...m?mlnum=2513373

backside isn't so great imo, either:

[musicman]

MidtownCoog, on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 @ 3:01pm, said:

$975K gets you into this lovely metal building.

guess they tried to blend in with the next door neighbor for the industrial look.

This post has been edited by musicman: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 4:34 PM

[MidtownCoog]

I'm sure their neighbors love them.

[west20th]

sevfiv, on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 @ 3:33pm, said:

Ehhh...

You can rent it for $8300/month, too:
http://search.har.co...m?mlnum=2513373

backside isn't so great imo, either:

No landscaping front or back? For 975K they could have put a little lipstick on that pig.

[west20th]

musicman, on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 @ 4:34pm, said:

guess they tried to blend in with the next door neighbor for the industrial look.

There are some trailer parks left in Timbergrove/Shady acres. They'd have been better off blending in with those.

[HoustonRealtor]

musicman, on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 @ 4:34pm, said:

guess they tried to blend in with the next door neighbor for the industrial look.

The neighbors actually own the house. I believe that I read somewhere that they built both of them, but I can't recall where.

[Urbannomad]

HoustonRealtor, on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 @ 6:47pm, said:

The neighbors actually own the house. I believe that I read somewhere that they built both of them, but I can't recall where.

I believe that's correct. I think when I checked HCAD the same person owned this house and the neighboring one. Assuming of course that info is up to date. This house has been on the market for a LONG time, and if I were to bet I'd say that's where it will stay for an even longer time. Maybe I just don't "get it" with this house but it seems so overpriced not only for its appeal (or lack of) but overpriced for the immediate neighborhood as well.

[musicman]

west20th, on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 @ 4:20pm, said:

There are some trailer parks left in Timbergrove/Shady acres. They'd have been better off blending in with those.

LOL

[MidtownCoog]

Well, if anything, it's very "Houston" if you know what I mean.

Anything goes! Too bad they can't hide it behind 50 year old trees. Which makes me wonder how many they may have chopped down to build this ode to sheet metal.

[memebag]

It looks good to me. It would look better with big overhanging eaves, but I like it anyway. Way too pricey, though.

[bachanon]

good call memebag. just a little extra thought and it would've had a completely different look.

[BrickStamp]

MidtownCoog, on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 @ 3:01pm, said:

$975K gets you into this lovely metal building.

Who in the world designed this? "The General"?



http://realestate.chron.com//Sales/Listing...ReportSection=P

I think it's kind of cool. I agree that the back is rather un-lovely, though.

[memebag]

bachanon, on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 @ 8:28pm, said:

good call memebag. just a little extra thought and it would've had a completely different look.

I just have a fetish for gargantuan eaves.

[Urbannomad]

I agree that there are probably a number of people who will like the style and size, but i just don't see this place in the million dollar range. I especially don't see it going for that much in that part of Shady Acres or any of Shady Acres for that matter. Isn't there some common wisdom about buying the cheapest house in an expensive neighborhood not the most expensive one? Because this house is at about $600 - $700K over all the other homes in the neighborhood with maybe only one or two exceptions in Clark Pines. Maybe someone with deep pockets will fall in love with the place and buy it... stranger things have happened, especially in Houston.

[Ross]

I do believe I will have to take a drive by that tomorrow. It' salmost directly North of where we live in Timbegrove. I like the concept of a steel frame house, but when/if I build one, it will be way more attractive thatn this one, and will blend into the neighborhood (at least as well as a new house can blend into a hood full of 1400 sq ft houses with cedar shake siding).

[Original Timmy Chan's]

I think the highest and best use for that structure would be as an icehouse.

They really should have put in a few more garage doors, though. Unfortunate.

[Scott08]

Or how about this one:
http://search.har.com/engine/dispSearch.cf...mp;backButton=Y
Beautiful house, but way, way, way above the price of anything around it.

[Ross]

I drove by this house today. It's uglier in person than the pictures. That entire street is one of the least attractive I've seen in the area. I doubt there were any trees there for them to cut down, as there just aren't many to speak of on that part of 16th. I can't believe they expect to find someone willing to pay $100k per year to rent the place. Yecch.

[EastEnd Susan]

Windows Live Local birdseye view has a pic of it under construction.